Post installation

I just installed Drupal a few days ago. Here is my site so far: http://knowislam.info/drupal/

My problem is that the sidebar (I'm using xtemplate) does not appear until more than half way down the page.

In trying to investigate and fix the problem, I cannot seem to edit the text of my articles at all anymore. The breaks in some of them are not working, I thought that might be the answer.

Is there a way to set a story/post to be published at a specific time of day. I'd like to write my stories, and have them automatically published over the course of the day.

I want to check each URL as it comes in. If the URL is http, I want to redirect the browser to https.

I have code that I believe will work and I really just need to know what script and/or function I should be inserting it into in order to make this magic work for every single URL that drupal renders.

Also, is this sort of thing possible to do in a module as opposed to hacking the core code?

My code sniplet I am intending to use is:

Hey guys...

So, is there a way to do this? It seems like the hooks are there with the distributed authentication additions -- instead of checking a remote XML-RPC source, it would check the http authentication status and create/login a user based on the incoming username.

It's just that I've got a Drupal install running behind basic authen (it's an intranet) and it's odd to make folks log in twice.

Any ideas?

Hi gang,

I want to be able to have it so that my navigation block, which is set to custom, is automagically selected as on when a new user is created. I want the module to be off when people are not logged in.

Help?
-Trae

Does anyone have the common.inc and node.module files patched for use with the locale.module and 4.4.2? My patch tool (Eclipse) wasn't smart enough to do it automatically, and though there are only 4 changes altogether, if someone already has it set up and can share it with me, that would be really nice.

Thanks,

Robert

rob at robshouse dot net